The Stosstruppen units were used for the first time in 1915, but they were used on a larger scale in the Battle of Verdun, especially in the course of the so-called Kaiserschlacht in 1918. Missiles with chemical weapons were used on a large scale. This tactic was also adapted to the tactic of the artillery fire, which was to be as short and as intense as possible, so as to crush the enemy with a fire. It was therefore the implementation of the principle of indirect actions. Sir John French, commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Force, decried the attack as evidence of German barbarity: All the scientific resources of Germany have apparently been brought. There they were to destroy its artillery and command and communication posts. A post-war German gas mask/respirator with a Zivilschutzfilter 68 canister. moving forward by avoiding the enemy's most difficult resistance points, using terrain covers, which was a move aimed at Stosstruppen at the rear of the enemy troops. German gas mask, WW2 ARP respirator, green canvas satchel and WWI Field Pouch. At the same time, these units (formed in companies or battalions) were trained in the so-called infiltration tactics, i.e. They are made from a grey suede material, with clear plastic eye pieces with a metal reinforcements on the inside and a metal filter. infantry units specially trained for trench combat, using light machine guns and hand grenades on a large scale. The result of this search was the creation of Stosstruppen units (also called Sturmtruppen), i.e. WW1 German Gas Mask Model Of 1917 Pre-Owned 475.00 Top Rated Plus or Best Offer +22.45 shipping Free returns 12 watchers Sponsored German Soldiers and German War Dogs with gas mask 8x10 World War 1 WWI Photo 28 Brand New 7.43 Save up to 15 when you buy more Was: 8.95 17 off Buy It Now +2. We offer a range of multiperiod historic replicas and reproductions. The use of poison gas began at the Battle of Ypres on April 22, 1915, when the Germans used newly developed chlorine gas on the French. However, the disastrous experiences of the Trench War in late 1914 and early 1915 pushed the German army to search for new infantry tactics. Description This is a German GM17 gas mask used beginning in 1917 in response to chemical warfare exercised by both sides of the Western Front. By joining the First World War, the German army adhered to a very offensive tactic of infantry, using large-scale artillery support.
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